Super Mario World 'Castle Theme' | Cover by FamilyJules

Super Mario World Castle Theme Metal Guitar Cover by FamilyJules
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(Tabs for all parts available on Patreon!)
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This cover is part of FamilyJules Video Game Covers Vol. 5!

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Even though I would consider myself a (casual) speedrunner of Super Mario 64, I am GARBAGE at 2D Mario games. I played my fair share of Super Mario Bros 1-3, but it never quite clicked for me like 64. I also completely missed out on Super Mario Maker, so you can imagine my excitement when SMM2 hit the Switch this past week! However my excitement was very quickly extinguished because, again, I'm GARBAGE at 2D Mario.

I've been having fun with it, and I was struggling taking on this absolutely impossible cover, classic as it may be. The arpeggio that runs through the whole song is a huge deterrent I'm sure for many cover artists as it was for me. Much of the time working on this cover was me grinding the part to a metronome. Turns out 16th note triplets at 126 is fairly difficult.

Nonetheless, it's been really fun trying out new sounds and new guitars! This cover features my newest 7-string guitar, the Schecter C-7 Multiscale SLS Elite! I can't wait to use it more once I get used to the fanned frets. The pickups sound sooooooo good but they're very hard to wrangle all the goodness in a full mix! Hope I did a good job here!

Thanks for listening! :)

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Composed by: Koji Kondo
Filming by: Adriana Figueroa

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Instruments Used:

Lead Guitar: Ernie Ball Majesty Monarchy Series
Rhythm Guitar: C-7 Multiscale SLS Elite
Bass: Schecter Diamond-J 5

Interface: Axe-Fx II XL+
Mixer: Makie ProFX12
Microphone: Shure SM7B + Audio Technica AT2020
Audio Software: Cubase 10
Video Software: Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2015
Video Camera: Panasonic Lumix GH5s

[FamilyJulesX]

This is probably one of the most challenging and technical Super Mario songs to play. I hope you guys enjoyed what I did with it! I really tried to set the mood before the drop so hope you stuck around for that. Thanks for watching!

Tabs for this are available to my Silver Level supporters on Patreon! Thank you guys so much for your support!

[ShootAUT]

I want to thank Shigeru Miyamoto, Koji Kondo and Eddie van Halen for making this possible.

[FrankiePhoenix]

My favorite fucking video game song. The most metal thing Nintendo has ever written. I still can't believe that was actually possible on guitar.

[The_NJG]

The darker Mario songs are made to be metal. Let’s face facts here.

[RichaadEB]

yoo I know EXACTLY how tricky that tapping pattern is
good stuff m8

[NintendoCapriSun]

I'm not sure how I missed this video, but I'm almost glad I did, 'cause when you busted this out at the concert I wasn't expecting it at all and it kinda blew my fucking mind!

[Avatariuz]

This is how the music sounded back in the ears of 8 year old me lol :D awesome job

[chrismolina]

Man! I can't believe a cover actually did the arpeggios correctly. That last smooth bit made me quite emotional too!

[thechickennuggetlord]

2:59 When you realize that the princess is actually in another castle

[PJSthousand]

Yoshi disliked this for never being invited to the castle stages. Amazing cover, dude! Always a treat to hear some kick-ass Super Mario World jams!

[StevismsWithSteven]

This cover really is timeless. 3 years later and it still rocks my face off 🎉

[GalanOfTruth]

Suddenly bowser is a jrpg final boss with this arrangement lmao. Epic.

[maxstrike]

"Sorry Mario, but your princess is in THIS CASTLE!!!" - Emperor Bowser

[emmbeesea]

0:56 ooh, those descending trills!

Good cover of a classic tune!

[Viperiish]

I can only imagine that this is what Nintendo wanted the soundtrack to actually be but they were limited by the tech of the time.

Sick track! 🤘🏽😎

[camilacuevas]

You're definitely the best on this platform when it comes to make metal covers and give the songs even more life and emotion than they originally had.

[EyedOmally]

I love how bad ass you made it yet stayed so faithful to the original. Tbf the original was already pretty bad ass.

[turkeywheat]

cliche comments aside though, this cover/rendition is literally everything i was hoping for when i searched for exactly this, and so much more. great job dude

[Kruppt]

Japanese sound/music engineers from the 80s to 90s for video games should be as famous as Mozart, Bach, Wagner ect....

[bbnnqAriNaomi]

I was a serious Mario fanatic. I was a child searching for this theme on YouTube lol and here I am again.. 24, with a guitar obsession.. browsing through YouTube to find this song and wondering if anyone covered it this way specifically and man.. y’all have seriously made me the happiest woman on earth. The musicgasm is insane... 😩 especially at 0:58 omg. I have chills